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Reb Leader Calls for Kurd Uprising in Turkey

Insurgency urged as Iraq battle continues

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 24, 2008 7:31 AM CST
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(Newser) – As Turkish troops continue their unprecedented ground offensive in northern Iraq, a leader of the targeted Kurdish separatist group has called for Kurds living in Turkey to rebel. A news agency loyal to the Kurdistan Workers' Party carried the call of the rebel Kurd commander to make Turkish cities "uninhabitable." He pointed out that only a few young people would be necessary to burn hundreds of cars.

"In the big cities, Kurdish youth must give their reply to the military operations," said the PKK commander, who drew parallels to Iraqi resistance to American occupying forces. Turkey, along with the US and the EU, considers the PKK a terrorist organization and blames it for the death of 40,000 people since the start of the party's campaign for an independent Kurdistan in 1984.

In this photo released by the Turkish Military on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008, Turkish commandos are seen during an operation in an undisclosed location on the Turkish-Iraqi border, southeastern Turkey. Turkish forces pressed ahead with ground operations against Kurdish rebels in Iraq on Saturday Feb. 23, 2008 after the military...
In this photo released by the Turkish Military on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008, Turkish commandos are seen during an operation in an undisclosed location on the Turkish-Iraqi border, southeastern Turkey. Turkish...   (Associated Press)
A Turkish army Super Cobra helicopter takes off with artillery units ready to fire in Cukurca in Hakkari province at the Turkey-Iraq border, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008, Turkish F-16 fighters and helicopters flew into northern Iraq on Sunday as elite commandos shake Kurdish rebels in a major ground operation across...
A Turkish army Super Cobra helicopter takes off with artillery units ready to fire in Cukurca in Hakkari province at the Turkey-Iraq border, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008, Turkish F-16 fighters and helicopters...   (Associated Press)
In this photo released by the Turkish Military on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008, A Turkish commando takes part in an operation in an undisclosed location on the Turkish-Iraqi border, southeastern Turkey. Turkish F-16 jets flew into northern Iraq on Sunday as elite commandos chased Kurdish guerrillas in a major ground...
In this photo released by the Turkish Military on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008, A Turkish commando takes part in an operation in an undisclosed location on the Turkish-Iraqi border, southeastern Turkey. Turkish...   (Associated Press)
In this photo released by the Turkish Military on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008, Turkish commandos are seen during an operation in an undisclosed location on the Turkish-Iraqi border, southeastern Turkey. Turkish F-16 jets flew into northern Iraq on Sunday as elite commandos chased Kurdish guerrillas in a major ground operation...
In this photo released by the Turkish Military on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008, Turkish commandos are seen during an operation in an undisclosed location on the Turkish-Iraqi border, southeastern Turkey. Turkish...   (Associated Press)
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